Description:

A RARE ITALIAN POLYCHROME PAINTED TERRA COTTA AND COMPOSITION FIGURAL GROUP OF THE NATIVITY SCENE, POSSIBLY NEAPOLITAN, 1743, of oval shape, centering an intricately detailed deep relief three dimensional view of Mary and Joseph presenting the Infant Jesus (now missing) from a cloth covered straw manger to the adoring shepherds and traditional attendant figures beneath billowing clouds enclosing paired seraphims, before dramatically rendered architectural motifs and a distant landscape, incised "1743" date lower right, within its original parcel gilt and silver leafed gesso wood frame border. Height: 23 1/2" Width: 17 1/4"

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May 18, 2014 1:00 PM CDT
Houston, TX, US

Simpson Galleries, LLC

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